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Sep 9

NYSBA Task Force on Nursing Home COVID-19 Deaths

In the United States, COVID-19 has infected over 6 million people and caused almost 190,000 deaths and the totals are rising. A large...

Jul 21

How to Prevent Discrimination & Avoid Violations under Title VI during the COVID-19 Pandemic

As part of the national response to the COVID‐19 public health emergency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided...

Jul 6

Bare Minimum Level of Scrutiny Applied to Federal Rule Requiring Publication of Hospital Price Sheet

A recent decision out of the United States District Court of the District of Columbia upheld a new federal rule requiring hospitals in...

May 26

OCR Issues Guidance Regarding Media Coverage of Health Care Facilities Treating COVID-19

Recently, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued additional guidance reminding covered health care providers that the HIPAA Privacy...

May 20

Governor Cuomo Rolls Back Health Care Provider Protections

On May 7, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.28 and rolled back many of the protections afforded to health care providers...

May 11

Health Care Overpayment Issues: Preparing for a Return to Normal

On March 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced it would direct all state survey agencies to focus on...

Apr 6

Overview of the CARES Act

On March 27, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”). The...

Apr 6

COVID-19 and HIPAA

During this COVID-19 pandemic, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has issued guidance for health care providers and patients/residents...

Mar 30

Elective Surgeries During the Coronavirus Pandemic

During his daily briefing on March 25, 2020, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo confirmed that there are a total of 30,811 cases of...

Mar 26

Qualified Immunity Granted to Medical Personnel During COVID-19 Outbreak

It is well-established law that when a person acts, he or she must do so without negligence – without breaching a duty he or she owes to...

Mar 26

COVID-19 and Telehealth Updates

New York State, the Federal government, and State and Federal departments and agencies have issued several orders and declarations over...

Mar 25

Dentistry in the Age of Coronavirus

As we learn more about the transmission vector for coronavirus, many medical professionals are concluding that the virus is likely spread...

Mar 24

Hospital Visitations in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the face of the COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) pandemic, nursing homes and in-patient hospice facilities have been faced with a new...

Mar 24

Telehealth and HIPAA during the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) publicized a Notification of Enforcement Discretion...

Mar 11

Subpoena Compliance for Medical Providers: New Case Lessens Requirements

At the end of 2019, the New York State Court of Appeals provided some clarification on how medical providers should respond to subpoenas ...

Jan 17

HIPAA Compliance: Is Your Organization Prepared for Its Next Data Breach

It is more likely than not that your organization will eventually experience a data breach. The question is whether your organization...

Sep 26, 2019

The New York Shield Act: Businesses Face New Data Security Compliance Deadlines

Large, high profile data breaches involving consumer information have been part of the news cycle for a decade and more.

Jan 29, 2019

NYSBA Health Law Section Annual Meeting Report

This year, our attorneys once again attended the annual meeting of the NYSBA Health Law Section in New York City.

Feb 27, 2018

Five Breaches, Affecting 521 Individuals, Result in $3.5 Million HIPAA Fine

In 2013, Fresenius reported five separate breaches which occurred in between February 2012 and June 2012.

Sep 27, 2017

No Charge for Medical Records for Government Benefits

In September, 2017, New York Governor Cuomo signed into law new legislation, Chapter 322 of the Laws of 2017.

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